Would You Trust This Man To Establish A Palestinian State On YOUR Border?

After reports that Palestinian 'militiants' who had plotted to assassinate Olmert had been released, Fayyad tells Olmert and Israel to chill. Hey man, it's no biggie:

The Palestinian prime minister also said Sunday that Olmert was never seriously threatened by an assassination plot by Palestinian militants and promised to do his best to rein in West Bank gunmen.

"There was nothing imminently dangerous," Fayad said as he arrived for a meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli officials. "We are trying the very best we can to bring law and order to the cities, villages and areas that are under our control." [emphasis added]

Shas apparently agrees that the plot to murder Olmert isn't the end of the world. No reason to call off the summit altogether:

Shas Party sources called Diskin's report "more proof that the Annapolis summit should not be held as a diplomatic summit, but rather solely as an economic summit."

The best lines belong to the MK's from the National Union:

National Union MK Aryeh Eldad added that, "Olmert must recite the traditional blessing, for having been saved from an assassination. Abu Mazen should recite a blessing for having a partner like Olmert, because anyone else would have cut off negotiations long ago, and the State of Israel should say a blessing for getting rid of Olmert."

National Union MK Zvi Hendel said that Olmert should be examined "by the best professionals, because a situation in which the prime minister is willing to meet with those who freed terrorists that tried to assassinate him, is not politics but rather insanity."

And Fayyad knows just the right thing to say:

We are studying the incident and plan to do our best in order to restore the order in the region. We will draw all our lessons from the incident.

Swell.

Note: Based on LGF and the comments to the Jerusalem Post report, the following has been deleted from the Jerusalem Post article:

The Palestinian Authority’s conduct towards the suspects in the plot to assassinate him is “a source of discomfort,” Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday before he left Israel for France.

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